Nederlands Dagblad
The Nederlands Dagblad is a Dutch national daily newspaper. It is published six days a week in broadsheet format. Editorial office is Barneveld. Editor of the newspaper is the "Nederlands Dagblad BV ", the distribution is done by PCM Uitgevers. The paid circulation was 2008 31.645 (print ) and 756 ( e- paper ) copies in the first quarter. Editor in chief Peter Bergwerff.
The newspaper sees itself as a Christian daily with orthodox Reformation orientation that defines them in detail in a policy statement.
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History
The newspaper was founded in the summer of 1944, during the German occupation in World War II under the name Reformatie caulking. During this year there was in the Netherlands to a split within the Reformed churches, the " vrijgemaakt Gereformeerde Kerken " ( Reformed Churches in the Netherlands ( Liberated ) ) broke away from the " Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland " and led the Reformatie caulking under the new Title De Vrije Kerk continued.
Instead of a counter- project to daily Trouw to establish who had opposed the secession, it was decided De Vrije Kerk gradually expand to a daily newspaper. From 1948 the newspaper appeared twice a week under the name changed again Gereformeerd Gezinsblad, 1959, finally, the desired daily publication has been implemented. Editor of years 1948-74 was Piet Jonge Ling, who was represented by 1963-77 in the Dutch lower house of the GVP, first as a faction leader, from 1971 onwards, however, only as a single deputy.
In 1967 there was the previously last name change to the present name. In 1992, the binding to which was " Gereformeerde Kerken vrijgemaakt " ended, since the newspaper considered only the Bible and the three formulas of unity bound ( the Dutch Creed, the Heidelberg Catechism and the Canons of Dort ).
Similarities and differences to Reformatorisch Dagblad
There to the similarly positioned Reformatorisch Dagblad also out of alignment similarities and parallels. Both have managed to maintain their circulation, in contrast to most other regional and national newspapers in the Netherlands since the turn of the millennium, both launched in 2004 an internet portal for young people, in the case of the Nederlands Dagblad it was NDlite. In contrast to Reformatorisch Dagblad newspaper, however, the site is also open on Sundays through online.